School Community Council
MES SCC Vision
Monticello Elementary School's School Community Council (SCC) operates with the purpose of enhancing the quality of education for students by focusing on improvement, parent involvement, and public awareness. The council works to:
Improve Education: The SCC collaborates with the school administration to improve programs and conditions. They collect and analyze data to inform school improvement plans, ensuring that these plans are aligned with the needs of the students and evidence of growth.
Involve Parents: The SCC provides a platform for parents to actively engage in decisions regarding their children's education. Through this council, the school ensures that the perspectives of parents, students, and staff are heard and considered in all decision-making processes.
Increase Public Awareness: The SCC helps to inform the broader community about school trust lands, state land policies, and the use of the State School Fund, ensuring transparency and accountability in how educational resources are managed.
Communicate: The SCC fosters open communication among parents, teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders. By promoting a shared governance model, they encourage collaborative decision-making that directly supports the school’s improvement goals and fosters a strong sense of community involvement.
In essence, Monticello Elementary’s SCC is committed to making site-based decisions that contribute to the continuous improvement of educational outcomes while involving the entire school community in the process.
Council Responsibilities
Members represent the group that elected them in the decision-making process (parents and guardians.
Council meets monthly in the MES conference room.
Council analyzes school-wide data, assesses academic needs, and identifies priorities for supporting the wise use of School Land Trust funds.
Council reviews and prepares action plans
School Land Trust Plan
Title 1 School Improvement Plan
TSSA plan
School Safety Plan
other policies and procedures are reviewed and adjusted during meetings.
Council supports implementation of plans
Council measures progress of plans
Council submits a final report
SCC can also provide an opportunity for issues of concern in the community presented to the school administration.
Schedules, Agendas, and Minutes
Each School Community Council meeting will be held in the MES conference room at 3:30 on the following dates with the following focuses :
September 3, 2024 - Roles and Responsibilities, contact information, review of SLT plan, timeline of the year.
October 1, 2024 - Policy Review
November 5, 2024 - Interviews
December 10, 2024 - Interviews
January 7, 2025 - Interviews
February 4, 2025 - End of year report
March 4, 2025 - Plan for 2025
April 1, 2025 - Adjustments to the plan
May 6, 2025 - meeting if needed
Elections for the MES School Community Council will take place every year in August. The nominations process will occur two weeks before elections. This is one of many ways that we encourage our school community become involved in their child's educaiton process.
Invitation to Serve on the School Community Council
Parents with students at Monticello Elementary School should consider serving on their school community councils because it allows them to actively participate in decision-making regarding their child's education, directly influence how school funds are allocated (particularly from the "School LAND Trust"), and contribute to the overall improvement of the school environment by providing valuable parent perspectives.
The prior links lead to the final reports for Monticello Elementary School. The reports on the Utah School Land Trust website are public because the funds distributed to schools come from federally owned trust lands, meaning the public has a right to know how those funds are being used and allocated to different schools, promoting transparency and accountability within the education system; additionally, Utah state regulations require schools participating in the program to publicly share their School Land Trust plans and reports on their websites.
The School Community Council's adherence to these rules of order ensures efficient, ethical, and transparent decision-making. The rules guide members in ethical behavior, structured meetings, and respecting community voices.
Funding that MES recieves from SLT
2024-25 - $64910.13
2023-24 - $59,605.72
2022-23 - $57,624.44
2021-22 - $53,760.00
2020-21 - $52,438.00
2019-20 - $46,426.00
2018-19 - $41,208.00